USPTO Patents Application 10668607

Application No.: 10/668,607
IN THE DRAWINGS

Please replace FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings with the drawings on the attached
replacement sheet.

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Application No.: 10/668,607
REMARKS

Claims 1-8 are presented for examination. Claims 1, 2, 4 and 5 are allowable.
Claims 3, 6-8 have been cancelled to allow the granted claims to pass to issuance.
The Examiner has raised objections to the drawings, specification and claims 4 and 6.
FIGS. 1 and 2 have been amended per the Examiner's request to label them as Prior Art.

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The specification and claim 4 have been amended in accordance with the Examiner's
requirements.

Claim 1 has been amended to correct a typo.

In view of the foregoing, and in summary, claims 1, 2, 4 and 5 are considered to be in
condition for allowance. Favorable reconsideration of this application, as amended, is
respectfully requested.

To the extent necessary, a petition for an extension of time under 37 C.F.R. 1.136 is
hereby made. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of this paper,

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Application No.: 10/668,607

including extension of time fees, to Deposit Account 500417 and please credit any excess fees
such deposit account.

Respectfully submitted,
McDERMQTT WILL & EMERY LLP

600 13 th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3096
Phone: 202.756.8000 SAB/A VY/dlb
Facsimile: 202.756.8087
Date: March 22, 2005

Alexander V. Yampolsky
Registration No. 36,324

Please recognize our Customer No. 20277
as our correspondence address.

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